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The United Nations Information Service Geneva covers a range of activities taking place at the United Nations Office at Geneva, from meeting of the Human Rights Council and peace talks to other major conferences and events. Accredited journalists can participate in bi-weekly briefings chaired by the UN Geneva spokesperson and attended by the spokespeople of UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies based in Geneva. Correspondents also have access to scheduled press conferences, stakeouts and background briefings on an almost daily basis.

The UN Information Service also regularly issues press releases and meeting summaries of major meetings happening in Geneva, including the sessions of the Human Rights Council, the human rights committees, and the Conference on Disarmament. Facilities for the media include free or rented workspaces and access to radio and television studios and services, upon availability. 

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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Welcome Sri Lanka’s Legislative and Policy Frameworks and Institutions Advancing Disability Rights, Ask about Monitoring of Residential Care Centres and the Prevalence of Sign Language

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial report of Sri Lanka on efforts made to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Committee Experts welcomed the State’s establishment of legislative and policy…
UN Geneva Press Briefing

UN Geneva Press Briefing

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Food Programme, and the…
Meeting Summaries

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Honduras on Work to Combat Hate Speech, Raise Questions on Reports of State-Sanctioned Displacement of Indigenous Peoples and Bilingual Education

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined ninth to eleventh periodic reports of Honduras on its implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Committee Experts…
Meeting Summaries

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Commend Qatar for Progress in Digitalisation, Ask about Conflict-Related Crisis Strategies and Deprivation of Liberty of Persons with Disabilities

 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Qatar on efforts made to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Committee Experts commended the State’s progress in…
Presentation of Credentials

New Permanent Representative of Togo Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

 Afo Ousmane Salifou, the new Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Salifou had been serving as…
Meeting Summaries

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome its First Dialogue with India since 2007, Ask about Anti-Muslim Hate Speech and Freedom of Religion for Dalits

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth and twenty-first periodic reports of India on its implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.  …
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Thirty-Fifth Session

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its thirty-fifth session in Geneva, during which it will review the reports of Chile, Lithuania, Qatar, Slovakia and Sri Lanka under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.Dimiter Chalev, Chief of the Equality…
UN Geneva Press Briefing

UN INFORMATION SERVICE GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), as well as representatives…
Meeting Summaries

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Note Kuwait’s Recent Reforms, Ask about Reported Mass Expulsion of Migrants and Revocations of Kuwaiti Nationality

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth periodic reports of Kuwait on its implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.  …
Presentation of Credentials

New Permanent Representative of Brazil Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

 Ricardo de Souza Monteiro, the new Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. de Souza…

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